Lot Essay
Daniel Ternois considers most of the drawings from the Coblenz collection to be works of a good imitator of Callot. Another drawing with the same provenance is in the Smith College Museum of Art.
Standing Figure leaning on a Cane, seen from behind
Details
Circle of Jacques Callot* (1592-1635)
Standing Figure leaning on a Cane, seen from behind
with number '52'
red chalk
3¾ x 3½ in. (97 x 88 mm.)
Standing Figure leaning on a Cane, seen from behind
with number '52'
red chalk
3¾ x 3½ in. (97 x 88 mm.)
Provenance
Count Karl Kobentzl.
Emperess Catherine II of Russia.
Emperor Paul I of Russia (L. 2061).
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg; C.G. Boerner, 29 April 1931, part of lot 40.
Lucien Goldschmidt
Stephen Spector, New York.
Emperess Catherine II of Russia.
Emperor Paul I of Russia (L. 2061).
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg; C.G. Boerner, 29 April 1931, part of lot 40.
Lucien Goldschmidt
Stephen Spector, New York.
Literature
D. Ternois, Jacques Callot, catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessinei, Paris, 1961, p. 23, under footnote 43.